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Sunday, June 26, 2011

Integral Spiritual by Craig Hamilton,

When you started out on the spiritual path, you probably sensedthat an extraordinary spiritual transformation was possible--aradical realignment at the deepest levels of your being that wouldnot only liberate you from personal suffering but would infuse yourlife with a sacred, cosmic sense of meaning, purpose and wholeness.Yet after years or even decades of working on yourself, you mayhave begun to doubt whether that initial intuition of possibilitywas grounded in reality.I want you to know that the highest possibility you've glimpsed,the most glorious potential you've sensed is not a figment of yourimagination but a real possibility. And even more than that ispossible.It is possible for life to make perfect sense. It's possible forYOUR life to make perfect sense. It's possible to come into suchprofound alignment with the moral and spiritual axis of theuniverse that every moment of your life is a walk in grace, andthat you know without any doubt that you are in the right place atthe right time. It's possible for all existential doubt to disappear, and to livewith unwavering conviction in the inherent goodness of the lifeprocess.It's possible to awaken so deeply to the divine evolutionaryimpulse at the heart of existence that we know that we are livingour lives in service to the highest calling there is. And in thisknowing, to discover an unimaginable and abiding liberation fromthe suffering of the confused, neurotic, separate sense of self. It's possible to be truly free.What I'm speaking about is a completely different kind of humanlife than most of us have ever encountered. This is not simplyabout "being in the now" or "loving and accepting what is in everymoment." It is not about simply accessing a more expansive state ofawareness or being able to stand back and abide as the Witness ofall that arises. And it's not just about cultivating a sustainedfeeling of compassion for the suffering of all beings. All of these are good experiences to have and important capacitiesto cultivate. But I'm speaking about something more. I'm pointing to authentic God Realization in which the ego has beenradically overridden by the ultimate principle, by the creativeforce of the cosmos, by what Gotama Buddha called "the roar of thetimeless beyond." It's a life where our personal motive to have and get for ourselveshas been replaced by a passion to give everything for the greatestgood. In this ultimate submission to and alignment with theAbsolute, the human being becomes a living, breathing force forhigher evolution.And this changes our relationship to being alive in unimaginableways.Experientially, one finds oneself in a state of profoundreceptivity and openness. A deep and abiding simplicity pervadesone's life, and an ongoing sense of flow permeates everything. Onehas let go of identification with the mind, abandoned anyattachment to the self, and lives as a transparent, vibrant vesselfor the Infinite. There is remarkable mental clarity at times, but there is noclinging on to that clarity. Insights come and go, but there is theknowledge that "I can't hold onto any of this." And so there is nograsping on. But in moments when clarity is needed, it miraculouslyappears, integrating all of one's knowledge and lived experience ina moment of intuitive knowing. Experiences come and go, too, and there is no longer any clingingto ecstasy, bliss or love. One has discovered the source of allthese things and so feels no compulsion to cling to them. More importantly, and contrary to popular belief, one awakens to aprofound awareness of the moral order of the cosmos. One feels, ina sense, for the Whole of Life. One feels the pain of the whole andthe ecstasy of the whole as one's own pain and one's own ecstasy.One becomes the seeing, sensing, feeling organ of the whole, of thecosmos. And at the center of one's being is a burning passion for evolutionand transformation, a calling to transform the world into anexpression of the divinity one has discovered.All of this may sound very big and beyond reach, but I want to makeit clear that this is not a pipe dream drawn from ancient books.This is what it's really like. This is really what's possible for ahuman life--for your life--to become.Now, just because it's possible to awaken to this radicallydifferent kind of life does not mean that it's easy. Indeed, whatI'm describing is without question the most challenging endeavor ahuman being can undertake. We have to recognize that, even if we feel deeply that we want tosurrender to the Divine, to be an agent of evolution, there is abig part of us that wants nothing to do with that. A part of usthat desperately wants to maintain control, to keep our life smalland manageable.So, if we want our life to change that profoundly, we have to cometo terms with what we're doing here. That means cultivating a clearand unwavering intention to bring our life into alignment with thatwhich is greater than us. Cultivating this kind of intention requires a 24/7 commitment, butyou can begin engaging this inquiry by engaging the followingexercises on a daily basis. Any of these exercises can be engagedas a silent contemplation, as a journal exercise, or as a dialoguewith a trusted spiritual friend. 1) Every morning, before you do anything else, take fifteen minutesand contemplate what you are really living for. Ask yourself: whatis the most important thing in life? What is of ultimatesignificance? And what do I need to do to align with that? To be anexpression of that in the world? Don't simply ask these questionswith your mind. Ask them with your whole being, as if your lifedepended on it. 2) Then, every evening, take another fifteen minutes, and again askyourself: What is the most important thing in life? What is ofultimate significance? How did I live my day? Did I do everything Icould to live in accord with the deepest truth I know? To alignwith a higher purpose? Where could I have given more? 3) Ask yourself: What would I need to give up or let go of to beable to align with the divine evolutionary impulse? To be a vesselfor a greater intelligence and power in this world? What is in theway of me stepping into full submission to and partnership with thecreative force of the Cosmos? When will I be ready to leave thatbehind?The spiritual path has always been about surrender. But the truthis that in this evolutionary awakening, this integralenlightenment, there is a further goal, which is the willingness tonot only surrender to the Evolutionary Impulse but to step up andtake full responsibility for its manifestation and expression inthe world. In the end, we realize that the very power we've surrendered to isalso our truest self, and that it needs us to fully embody that, todare to be a creative agent of evolution, to align our own beingwith it so completely that we become the conscious choosing aspectof the Divine principle on Earth. In this radical realignment at the core of our being, we beginincarnating divinity and we give our every breath to making thatdivinity known and fully expressed in this world. In thisunconditional stand, we discover our final liberation from theworld, even as we give everything to transforming the world into anexpression of the sacred. And when enough of us learn to live inthis way, we will have Heaven on Earth. http://integralenlightenment.com/telecourse/

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An Intgrated Ascended Master In training with the I am Universiy and a Disciple and Initiate of the 7th Ray Ashram under St Germain.A returning Yogi and Adept,a Mediator and practitioner of all World Religions and Tradtions,a Non secterian Mystic and Realizer,A humble World servant,Musician Artist and Magi.Realizing God,Tantric and Taoist Master in Training.An Externalizing Extension of the 4th Ray Ashram andhe 2nd Ray Ashram of Synthisis Respectively.7th Ray Trainee and aspirant.In truth Integrating all 7 rays in ones highest Ideal and Incarnational direction.